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Old Apr 11, 2009
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Did some work today!

Since it was such a nice day I decided to clean up the truck. Got out the buffer and went to work. Spent about 4 hours on just the exterior. No wonder why meguiars puts "mirror glaze" on their bottles.

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very nice man.. wanna do mine next? lol
 
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Very nice. Any pics. of the GT in the driveway?
 
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very nice man.. wanna do mine next? lol
Yeah no problem. Come on by! I love detailing.
 
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Very nice. Any pics. of the GT in the driveway?

Yeah I posted some before but I can post more if you want.
 
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Never hurts to post them again!
 
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haha u don't drive to clients places to detail?
 
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haha u don't drive to clients places to detail?

Hell no! I do such good work, everyone comes to me. lol
 
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OH MAN! When you can see his whole tool collection over the work-bench AND what charcoal he's rocking in the BBQ you know the man is a master!
 
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Never hurts to post them again!
Ok I will post some here. Give me some time to pick some out.
 
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Here you are Mike. Not much under the hood yet. This summer I plan on gettin a s/c installed. Hopefully will do it myself along with some of my stang club friends.

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Here you are Mike. Not much under the hood yet. This summer I plan on gettin a s/c installed. Hopefully will do it myself along with some of my stang club friends.

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Beautiful! The sky in the last picture makes the picture really cool. Oh and you forgot to block off one of the license plates.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...other then that, nice car and truck.
 
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Beautiful! The sky in the last picture makes the picture really cool. Oh and you forgot to block off one of the license plates.

Thanks man! Yeah I blocked the plate in the one pic a while ago when I posted the car when I was selling it. (im not selling anymore) Really I don't care if someone can see the plate. Everyone on the road sees it anyway. That was just for selling purposes.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...other then that, nice car and truck.
Real exhaust? What do you prefer? I think flows sound best on these cars. I had SLP lm1 and lm2's and my god did they sound like $hit compared to the flows but everyone has their own opinion.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...
Borla FTW!!!
 
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Borla FTW!!!
Chambered mufflers sound best imo. Don't really like the straight through set up's. Depends on what they are on though.
 
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Personally I love Borla for the Ranger, for me. But to each is own, I don't want something real loud. I love FlowMasters or Magnaflow on Mustangs!
 
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Originally Posted by 05Edge-04GT
Real exhaust? What do you prefer? I think flows sound best on these cars. I had SLP lm1 and lm2's and my god did they sound like $hit compared to the flows but everyone has their own opinion.
I prefer to gain HP and TQ...Catted X and SLP LMIIs sound tons more refined and better the Slowmasters. Borla Stingers sound great.

If you want a chambered go with Magnaflow...you will gain a little more then Slowmasters but less then a bullet design.

Problem is, you have a Catted H, which only sounds good with slowmasters or similar chamber style. Get an X and bullet design, you won't regret it.
 
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Also...do you have the tail light tint, or spray?
 
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Originally Posted by 03bamaGT
I prefer to gain HP and TQ...Catted X and SLP LMIIs sound tons more refined and better the Slowmasters. Borla Stingers sound great.

If you want a chambered go with Magnaflow...you will gain a little more then Slowmasters but less then a bullet design.

Problem is, you have a Catted H, which only sounds good with slowmasters or similar chamber style. Get an X and bullet design, you won't regret it.
I had a catted X and wound up selling it. Had it on my SLP's and flows. I like the deeper sound in exhaust that the H delivers. Like I said, everyone has their opinion. Not knocking you for what you like/prefer. Can you post some pics of your car and maybe a sound clip?
 
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Also...do you have the tail light tint, or spray?

It's tint.
 
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Here's a clip of a GT with Borla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJ2l...eature=related

Sounds pretty freakin sweet imo!
 
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